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Kyle Filipowski

C · 6′11″ · Current team: Utah Jazz

Regular season · Dec 23, 2025 · MEM 137 @ UTA 128 · Final

Kyle Filipowski 25 points vs Grizzlies (Dec 23, 2025): season-best Game Score

ANSWER

25 PTS · 9-of-15 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 5-of-8 FT · 34:48 MIN

Usual before this game: 9.5 PTS · 7.2 FGA · 22.8 MIN, from 27 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 28 games this season: 24.8 against a usual 8.2 (+16.6)

Matched the season high of 25 points, set on Dec 15, 2025

SURPRISE SCORE
98Rare
above usual

No more than 2 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about once or twice a season.

How the score works

Why did Kyle Filipowski score 25 points?

Kyle Filipowski scored 25 points against the Grizzlies on Dec 23, 2025 in 34:48: 9-of-15 from the field (60.0%), 2-of-3 from three, 5-of-8 on free throws (62.5%). Coming in, Filipowski had averaged 9.5 points on 7.2 shots in 22.8 minutes, from 27 regular-season games. The 25 points tied the season high, set on Dec 15, 2025. This game had the best Game Score of 28 games this season. Filipowski took 15 shots, 7.8 more than usual. The 60.0% from the field compares with a usual 47.7%. By shot type: two-pointers 14 points (usual 5.1); threes 6 points (usual 2.7); free throws 5 points (usual 1.7). Filipowski played 34:48 against a usual 22.8 minutes; per 36 minutes the Game Score was 25.7, against a usual 12.9. Filipowski had 13 rebounds, against a usual 6.4. At home against the Grizzlies, the Jazz lost 137-128. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Filipowski in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Minutes34:4822.8+12.0
Points259.5+15.5
Shots (FGA) · FG%15 · 60.0%7.2 · 47.7%+7.8 · +12.3
3PA · 3P%2-of-32.7 · 32.9%+0.3
FTA · FT%8 · 62.5%2.4 · 71.9%+5.6 · -9.4
Rebounds136.4+6.6
Assists42.1+1.9
Turnovers11.2-0.2
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 27 games22.717.2+5.5
Game Score per 36 minutes25.712.9+12.8
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (27 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)2.7 (0.9-of-2.7)+3.3
Twos14 (7-of-12)5.1 (2.6-of-4.5)+8.9
Free throws5 (5-of-8)1.7 (1.7-of-2.4)+3.3
Total259.5+15.5
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

24.8 against a usual 8.2 (+16.6)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+11.3
Rebounds+3.3
Assists+1.3
Steals and blocks+0.6
Turnovers and fouls+0.1
Total+16.6
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 28 games, oldest first, this game last: 7.8, 8.7, -0.6, 9.1, -2.6, 2.4, 9.2, 3, 7.9, 4.1, 14.4, 10.2, 8.7, 14.1, 2.1, 11.5, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 17.9, 11, 20.4, 0.4, 20.4, 5.5, 1.6, 5.1, 24.8

Best Game Score of 28 games this season.

Previous best: 20.4, set on Dec 7, 2025 and Dec 15, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Jazz lost 137-128 at home against the Grizzlies.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 22, 2025, 1 day earlier.
  • Earlier regular-season meetings with the Grizzlies this season: 2 points (Dec 12, 2025).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.